Category Archives: Water Crisis – Conflict

July 2016 – BOLIVIA – A livelihood in Bolivia’s high plains has suddenly disappeared, and a population that relied on the dried-up lake for centuries suddenly became refugees of climate change with nowhere to go. The civilization that once thrived … Continue reading →

August 2015 – MYANMAR – The death toll from flooding in Myanmar has climbed to 46, with more than 200,000 people affected, the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement said Monday. The flooding has affected residents in 11 of … Continue reading →

June 2015 – WATER CRISIS — Drought-stricken California is not the only place draining underground aquifers in the hunt for fresh water. It’s happening across the world, according to two new studies by U.S. researchers released Tuesday. One-third of Earth’s … Continue reading →

May 2015 – NEPAL – A 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal Saturday as the country was still recovering from previous earthquakes in recent weeks. The tremor occurred 15 miles north of Ramechhap, about 50 miles east of the capital of Kathmandu … Continue reading →

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March 2015 – DEAD SEA – There are more than 3,000 sinkholes on the banks of the Dead Sea — and they’re multiplying exponentially, according to environmentalists, as the body of water dries up. “It’s nature’s revenge,” said Gidon Bromberg, … Continue reading →

August 2014 – MEXICO – Incredible footage has emerged showing a 26ft (8m) deep crack in the in the farmland of northwest Mexico, which stretches for over a kilometer. The crevice which appeared last week, has disconnected Highway 26 between … Continue reading →